John D’Orlando, 61, spent more than five years as president and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, and has served as vice president/advertising director of the Orlando Sentinel Media Group in Orlando, Florida.  more

Ad Fontes rates AAM-audited publishers as least biased, most reliable sources of news and information. more

McClatchy, one of the largest media companies in the United States, with over 80 million unique visitors, has announced its partnership with Legacy.com and its media technology brands to power a suite of comprehensive obituary management services for all McClatchy publications. more

James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. (BNI), died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87. more

The estimate for records requested by Flatwater Free Press jumped from $2,000 to over $44,000 between April and June 2022. more

How to efficiently manage the workflow of 200+ publications, including 30 dailies and hundreds of commercial products across 15 production facilities. This was the question the Adams Publishing Company management team was asking when looking for a streamlined, cost-reducing workflow solution that would also improve quality and reduce onsite hardware. more

Hoosiers will soon have another source for news after a coalition of organizations and philanthropists raised more than $10 million to create nonprofit media outlets across Indiana. more

Star Tribune Media Co., Minnesota’s largest media company, has appointed Steve Grove its new publisher and CEO. more

Rusty Turner, who oversees news operations at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and several weekly newspapers, announced Monday he plans to retire this spring after dedicating 40 years to journalism in the region. more

National news organizations have joined in a First Amendment challenge to a Virginia policy that allows insiders to look at court records online while denying access to the public. more

This tip sheet explains why it's rarely accurate for news stories to report that a new study proves anything — even when a press release says it does. more

The love of a good story and the ability to tell one in a convincing and attention-grabbing way was central to Jeff Nesmith’s life, both personally and professionally. more

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney announced the decision on Monday, three weeks after hearing arguments from prosecutors, who urged the report be kept secret until they decide on charges, and a coalition of media organizations, which pressed for its release. more

Craig Selby, long-time publisher and general manager of Charleston Newspapers, the former parent company of The Charleston Gazette and the Charleston Daily Mail, died Monday (Feb. 6) after a long illness. He was 77. more

New report helps chart a path away from local news of old toward civic information systems. more

Many people across the journalism sector are talking about diversity, equity and inclusion, but what are news organizations doing about it and, most importantly, what tactics are effective in building work cultures where more people are included and treated equitably? more

New report helps chart a path away from local news of old toward civic information systems. more

An ongoing research project conducted in partnership between the Missouri School of Journalism and the MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics has received a $25,000 grant to support a more accurate method of analyzing news deserts, which arise when communities lose access to local news. more

The dean of the University of Nevada, Reno Reynolds School of Journalism, Al Stavitsky, has announced that he will step down from the position to return to a faculty role as a professor at the end of this academic year. more

Allison Lichter, who has extensive experience in creating robust journalism curricula and as an editor and producer at major news outlets in the field, will join the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism as the new associate dean of Academic Affairs.  more